Seeing Crime Scenes in My Sleep

Chen Yongwei’s face stiffened, but he quickly composed himself and looked at Qin Shu. "Fine. As long as it proves my innocence, I’ll do whatever it takes."

Lu Xingye watched Chen Yongwei and suddenly smiled. ’He’s slipping up.’

"Alright, then I won’t hold back," Qin Shu said.

Qin Shu collected his fingerprints and a blood sample, then turned and left.

Chen Yongwei immediately shot to his feet.

"In a hurry, Doctor Chen?"

"I have a surgery scheduled for tomorrow. I need to get back early. I’ve cooperated with everything you’ve asked. If there’s anything else, you can just contact me later."

Out of Lu Xingye’s line of sight, Chen Yongwei clenched the corner of his shirt. ’Dammit, I was careless.’

"Doctor Chen, a hospital this big can’t possibly have only one dermatologist. Besides, if your patients knew you were wanted for questioning by the police, they wouldn’t feel very safe with you holding the scalpel, would they?"

Lu Xingye leaned forward, planting his hands on the table as he stared at the clearly panicking Chen Yongwei. ’There’s definitely something strange about him.’

"Until the test results are back, Doctor Chen, you are not to take a single step out of this police station. Otherwise, don’t blame us for taking forceful measures."

Chen Yongwei swallowed hard, then forced himself to sit back down calmly. "Fine. Just be quick about it."

Lu Xingye’s lips curved into a smirk.

Zhao Shuo breathed a sigh of relief. ’Finally, some progress. Otherwise, we’d have been led around in circles until we were dead.’

Zhao Shuo left Lu Xingye inside to watch Chen Yongwei while he went out to report their progress to Zhou Tiancheng.

"Look at how guilty Chen Yongwei acts. I bet we’ll find something on him."

Zhou Tiancheng nodded, then looked at Jiang Li. "About the banquet tomorrow night... how about having Qinghe or Xingye go with you? For safety?"

"Sure, I’m fine with either. You can make the arrangements, Officer Zhou." Jiang Li said, looking at a message from Huang Nianci.

It was about the situation at the Gu Family’s banquet.

Zhou Tiancheng scratched his head and turned to go discuss things with Ji Qinghe.

Lu Xingye stayed with Chen Yongwei for a while longer, then glanced toward the surveillance camera, got up, and walked out.

’The pressure is just about right. Now let’s see if Chen Yongwei will fall apart on his own.’

Lu Xingye went to the monitoring room and watched Chen Yongwei on the screen.

After Lu Xingye left, Chen Yongwei visibly relaxed with a sigh of relief. For a while, his expression didn’t change. As time ticked by, he finished the water on the table and began looking around, a fine sweat starting to bead on his forehead.

Soon, other colleagues found Chen Yongwei’s file from the hospital. Lu Xingye glanced at the information on it before setting it aside without a second look.

’The information in the file is all real. The question is whether the man himself is.’

Staring at the empty interrogation room, Chen Yongwei’s panic grew. He had thought the whole thing was over, especially after the police had spent a whole day investigating at the hospital.

’During that time, Wang Yufeng and the nurses all acted normally. It looked like the page was about to turn, but I never expected these people to circle back for a surprise attack.’

’Damn it!’

Chen Yongwei dug his fingers into his palms, his eyes darting around the bare interrogation room. They had taken his phone. He couldn’t contact anyone now.

’If the test results come back and the police find out I’m really Zhou Zihang, won’t it all be over?’

A few hours later, Qin Shu walked out with the analysis report in her hand, a smile on her face.

"Here’s the analysis report for several people. Chen Yongwei and Wang Yufeng are the actual biological grandmother and grandson. As for the fake one, that’s up to the Gu Family’s side."

Hearing Qin Shu’s words, the team instantly felt a wave of relief, both mentally and physically.

"Zhao Shuo, watch him closely. Don’t let anything happen to Chen Yongwei, and don’t let him contact Gu Zisheng. Keep a tight watch on the hospital, too."

"Jiang Li, we’re counting on you for the Gu Family’s event tomorrow."

"Once we have the evidence, let’s see how they try to talk their way out of it. I’ll interrogate this Chen Yongwei myself!"

A smile spread across Zhou Tiancheng’s face. This case had been worrying him to death, making his brain feel like it was full of cobwebs. Now, finally, the web was broken!

"Alright. Get some rest after the interrogation."

Zhou Tiancheng went in with Lu Xingye. The moment they entered, he laid his cards on the table. "Zhou Zihang, what else do you have to say for yourself?!"

Zhou Zihang glanced at the analysis report in front of him and closed his eyes in defeat. ’One wrong move!’

"Confess and you’ll be treated with leniency; resist and you’ll be met with severity. You’d better come clean. Otherwise, we’ll have to call your grandmother in to explain things herself!"

Zhou Zihang panicked instantly. "I’ll talk! I’ll talk, alright? My grandmother is old, don’t go upsetting her!"

...

Qin Shu walked up to Jiang Li. "Jiang Li, you’re truly the lucky star of our police department."

’If we keep this up until the end of the year, our department will be a model precinct! And then, maybe... Hehehe.’

"If Jiang Li hadn’t gone, I would have been completely fooled," Zhao Shuo said. The thought made his head buzz. ’These people have some serious nerve.’

"It’s nothing, I was just in the area. The rest is up to Officer Zhou’s team now."

Half an hour later, Zhou Tiancheng stormed out of the room.

"That Gu Zisheng—no, that Li Ergou! He has absolutely no regard for the law! I’m furious!"

Fuming, Zhou Tiancheng sat down.

Ji Qinghe looked at him. "Don’t just be angry. First, tell us what this... Chen—no, Zhou Zihang—confessed to."

"Jiang Li was right. The ’Li Ergou’ who died earlier was the real Wang Changfeng. This was four years ago, in the middle of the year, about six months before the fire at the Wang family’s home."

"Li Ergou had already started looking for his next target and had set his sights on Zhou Zihang. This was because Zhou Zihang was attending the best university in C City, and the two of them happened to look somewhat alike."

"What they would call a ’school for the elite.’"

"Li Ergou found Zhou Zihang and gave him all of the Wang family’s savings, telling Zhou Zihang to give up his university spot and his identity."

"So, Li Ergou went to university, and Zhou Zihang changed his name and went to study medicine. From the moment he entered university, Li Ergou started intentionally and unintentionally playing the victim. In less than a semester, he had locked onto his new target: Gu Zisheng."

"At first, Li Ergou stuck by Gu Zisheng’s side under the pretext of repaying a kindness, but in reality, he was sizing up Gu Zisheng’s character. And Gu Zisheng, that naive kid, welcomed a wolf into his home, letting Li Ergou succeed."

As Jiang Li listened, the cup in her hand slipped with a CLATTER. She immediately thought of what Huang Nianci had said: Gu Zisheng had been kind-hearted since he was a child, only to be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives.

"So Zhou Zihang taking on the identity of Chen Yongwei, was that Li Ergou’s doing too?" Zhao Shuo asked Zhou Tiancheng.

Zhou Tiancheng nodded. "Li Ergou had already had plastic surgery before, when he was impersonating Wang Changfeng. So he arranged the switch for Zhou Zihang, which allowed him to save his next move for another target."

The case was halfway solved. All that remained was to expose the impostor Gu Zisheng and restore the identities of the real Gu Zisheng and Wang Changfeng.

Unfortunately, the men themselves were already gone.

"Officer Ji, I’ll be heading home now. See you tomorrow."

Jiang Li got up and left. When she got home, she saw Yu Huannian was still up, reading a book.

"Xiao Nian, it’s getting late. You should get some rest."

"Mm, okay." Seeing Jiang Li was back, Yu Huannian put down his book, got up, and went to his room.

He felt that the reason he had... acted that way last time was because he didn’t have enough knowledge in his head, which is why he’d made a fool of himself.

Therefore, he needed to read more and learn more. That way, he might find a new understanding of the things Mom said to him.

Jiang Li walked into the kitchen and saw the food that had been left out for her. It was still warm.

As she ate, Jiang Li thought about the next day’s events.

’The Gu Family’s banquet... A family like the Gus... Everyone there will be either rich or powerful. Will I run into *them*?’

Jiang Li’s expression darkened.

"Big Sister, are you sad again?"

Jiang Li looked at Little Li, who had suddenly appeared across from her, and smiled. "Big Sister is fine. Be a good girl, Little Li."

Little Li rested her chin in her hands, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Jiang Li. "That’s great! From now on, Big Sister will have Big Brother Xiao Nian, Big Brother Xiao Ji, and Officer Lu and the others. You’ll never be lonely again!"

Jiang Li paused, her hand hovering over her food. "Little Li, we are one and the same. You won’t be lonely either."

A smile appeared on Little Li’s round little face, but she couldn’t bear the thought. If that happened, Big Sister would be locked away just like her.

’She would rather be the one who was locked away.’

After eating and washing up, Jiang Li went to bed. The next day, Uncle Huang came to pick them up.

Jiang Li went to the banquet with Ji Qinghe and Qin Shu.